Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-09-28
The EXTREME PENALTY
Harvey Gregg Goes to the Peniten-
tiary for Life.
4 Brute's just Punishment for the
Crime of Rape--The Demons Deed
on for J0liet---A Lesson Worth
Heedi ng.

guilty into the circuit court this morning.
and fixing the penalty at life sentence in
the Joliet penlleutiary. 1t is the first in
stance in the history of Rock Island
county, here the extreme penalty of the
law has been inflicted in such case, but
it has come none too soon. Gregg has
been tound gullly Of one of the most I'M
natural and shameful uulrages that is
known To the annals of crime His vic
tim was a little girl five years OF age.
daughter of one of the most respectable
families in Bowling township. Gregg.
who is single man forty five
nj, sioner, and from time to time accepted
of t he hospitalities of the MuDhall family
and al the SAME time enticed the little
innocent girl off into the woods to
| crafty his lusiful, tiendish instincts
| How many times he outraged the glrl is
not known but he WAS tried and convict
ed for the commission Of the crime on
May 2lsl last
The verdict is II iust one. and will be
sustained by all law abiding citizens. Every
parrut will praise the jury for its work.
| The crime which has met with such de-
serving punishment is one of a great
many tnat have been committed in Rock
Island county the past year, and in almost
every other instance the guilty wretch has
escaped either through being allowed to
plead guilty to common assault or some
other loop hole. such rs disgrace the
courts and encourage repetition of the
offense The verdict in this case ould
serve as warnlng to prevent
any more of such outrages.
With juries like this to depend upon.
there will he no more ruinatlon of limo
cent children in Rock Island county
David ..amersan. Thomas Modem, E E,
Mnlcrmh, Gus Nelson. Reimer Ernst, ] .
A Griffith, August Anderson. Geo. W.
Cook. Coleman Brayton, Daniel Foster,
Richard Richards and Thomas irwin.
States Attorney Entrikin was assist
in the prosecution by Maj. J NJ Boards
ley, and these gentlemen, too. are entitled
to great credit for their enc gies and la
bors in preventing the escape of the
guilty wretch.
The jury agreed at 10 O'Clock last
night, being just ten hours arriving at u
verdict Motions were argued for new
trial this morning, but they were over
ruled by Judge Smith.
When Gregg heard the sentence ht
swore he would kill himself before going
to the penitentiary, so Sheriff Silvis wise
" determined to get the prisoner to Jol
let AS soon AS possible. He therefore left
with him, and Schael, the highwayman
and burglar, on the noon train.
OTHER EVIL DOORS.
Score another one for Marshal Brer
nan ami Officer Cary! This morning
these officers prevailed upon Herman
Schae the self confessed burglar anG
highwayman. to nnb1som himself as Il
all his exploits. before going to Joliet
Schael told how he had entered Noft,
sker's hardware store, and stole the raz
ors and knives, spoken of in the ARGu
at the time. He told the officers wher
in coat and -four sack under the foo
at the home of his parents on Twenty
fourth street. between Sixth and Seventh
avenues Marshal Brennan and Office
Cary went there and in a haiChway unde
the floor, a place twelve inches square
they found the stolen property al
IN heap-eight dozen knive
half doz n razors, key rings and othe
property missed by Mr. Noftsker to
gether with toilet set. the owner @
which is unknown. The discover
establishes the fact that all the DARN!
purelaries and highway rob5eries com
mitted two months ago, were the work o
home talent"
Officer Meenan ran upon a suspicion
looking individual up on the avenue thi
morning and when the stranger was aske
where he came from he answered DaveI
port, where his parents lived.
"How did you get here2" asked tn
officer.
cover the bridge of course" was til
reply
"No yoa didn't" replied Officer Nee
nan, "and guess you had better con
with me. The bridge is closed and
man who will lie about one thing n i'll q
so about another
So saying officer Meenan conducted h
man to the station, where a search yer
fed his suspicious On the stranger
ptlstu Ntit louhu b"NhtN Vht nut Sii
handkerchiefs, chisel such as burgla
find use for occasionally, a pa
of Masonic emblem, cuff buttons, fiftet
good razors and two pair of barber
scissors, together with thirty eight ca
ibre double action revolver, loaded {
business a knife and ten cents in casl
Officer Meenan concluded he had ma
a good catch. The razOrs are some
them marked H. W." and some 81
showing that two barber shops ha
probably been robbed. The razors a
in good condition, having been shar
ened by a skilled barber, apparent
they are of the Bengal and the Watt
holm Sheffield makes. A robbery "
committed at La Sale last night. a
. Officer Meenan has probably got one
the burglars. The prisoner gave the /
culiar name of John Smith from NJ
waukee.
Matrimonial.
At ST. Josephs church at 9 o'clo
this morning Mr.. Michael Higgins al
Miss Ella McGee were Joined in mat
u. al